“Check yourself before you wreck yourself,” RuPaul says. “You know, this is an important thing: People who live in the mainstream and the status quo think that everyone else is there to serve them.”

“People don’t know how to place me in their consciousness. They think, ‘Oh, you must be here to make me look good. That’s what gay guys are, right? You’re an accessory for my straight life.’ Just because your limited view is that everyone’s there to serve you and that you’re the only person in the world. It doesn’t work that way.

So I’m a brown-skinned gay man. You know, I do drag. Early on, I learned that I could do it well and make money. So people automatically ask me about beauty tips. And I get kids who write me and say, ‘I wish you could do my makeup for my prom?’ Or, ‘I wish you could do my makeup for my wedding?’ I’m like, ‘Bitch, I’m not a makeup artist. I’m an enter-taint-er! OK?’”

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Funny how people like Kathy Griffin are the worst offenders. She is constantly referring to her friends and some of her employees as “Her gays” or her “Hair and Make Up Gays”. Tori Spelling thinks everyone should have a few lying around the house..hoarding them because you know they are so addictive..she even made a video about it. http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/6551630cd2/hoarders-untold-stori I know its a comedy but the message is clear. Gays are accessories. How cute for us.

Amen! I remember years ago when Oprah had the ‘Queer Eye’ guys on her show she said “Everyone loves the gays!” I thought to myself, yeah, they love us when we put on gayface and do a minstrel show. That’s not the same as equality, not even close. Kudos to RuPaul for putting it out there.

Dear RuPaul,
Your attitude on the subject is real rich given your entire career is built upon exploiting the gay stereotype of DRAG.
You do not speak for me, BeeeOTCH.
The relationship dynamic between myself and my fruitflies isn’t any of your business.